'Huge' accident in Burton caused delays for motorists

Motorists were told to expect delays after an accident caused slow traffic on a busy road in Burton.

Traffic information website Inrix reported that the incident took place in Waterloo Street, near to the Dixy Chicken fast food restaurant in the town.

The road was partially blocked as a result of the accident and there was currently very slow traffic at the scene.

Traffic was being diverted along Albert Street and motorists were advised to avoid the area until the road had fully opened again.

See how we reported on this live incident below.

18:12

Accident cleared

The accident has now been cleared. Traffic has returned to normal.

Thank you for following our live blog on this incident.

18:03

Incident happened by Dixy Chicken restaurant

17:57

Midland Classic diversions after 'serious accident'

17:55

Traffic builds on Waterloo Street

17:52

"Police, fire department and ambulances everywhere"

17:48

Witnesses report seeing 'huge crash'

One witness said:

The first thing I checked for was if anyone was injured, nobody was on the floor so that’s promising. There was lots of debris in the road as I had to drive over it. It didn’t look as if there was any other car involved, appeared to only be the one that had crashed.